Report of Shipment of Clothing to Niagara and Oswego
Document 1799Received invoice for clothing for posts at Niagara and Oswego. Shipments left Philadelphia marked for specific posts and detachments. Upon arrival in New York, it was thought best to transport them by sleigh. Reports state of delivery and requests Rivardi to check all invoices to know what articles are for whom. Transportation through the Albany route is delayed with enormous expense. Requests that Rivardi set the situation straight.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Received invoice for clothing for posts at Niagara and Oswego. Shipments left Philadelphia marked for specific posts and detachments. Upon arrival in New York, it was thought best to transport them by sleigh. Reports state of delivery and requests Rivardi to check all invoices to know what articles are for whom. Transportation through the Albany route is delayed with enormous expense. Requests that Rivardi set the situation straight.
Date
04/05/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1799040528055
Page start
421
Note
Cited in Rivardi to Hodgdon, 05/02/1799.
Notable persons
J. Ulrich Rivardi
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
Niagara
Philadelphia
Oswego
New York
Albany
Notable items
Clothing
Sleighs
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